You Can't Make Mistakes.

I will write more later, but this felt like I should report for family and friends Stateside.

A bomb went off in Khan al-Khalili a little over an hour ago. This is the big tourist souq in one of the older parts of the city.

What I last saw on al-Jazeera—there is no local news on the incident at this time—is that there is at least on French woman dead and a number of French and German tourists injured, along with a few Egyptians.

Here are some links to Reuters and AP coverage.

Two foreigners among four dead in Cairo blast: police (Reuters)

Blast in crowded Cairo tourist area wounds 18 (AP)

I’ll let you know anything more when I know it. But at present there is no need to worry. We’re doing just fine on the other side of the river from this. But we will keep our eyes open and avoid the touristy places for a while.